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The crowd was buzzing with energy from beginning to end at the opening party for the Sweet Spot

The Sweet Spot

Photo: Trent Bona | The Sweet Spot is Mount Crested Butte’s newest business and will be opening this Friday, November 16th. Last night a few Crested Butte locals were invited to experience all the new shop had to offer ...
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MSP Premieres “Super Heroes of Stoke” in Crested Butte

Every year the MSP premiere is a rowdy event in Crested Butte.  Not your 4th-of-July touristy rowdy, but get off your ass hootin’ hollerin’ – I will crush this winter – rowdy.   On Wednesday, MSP premiered the...
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Alpine Odyssey 2012 Results

The 2nd annual Alpine Odyssey 100K, a 64-mile cross country race, brought the return of Lance Armstrong and 274 challengers. Cameron Chambers won the event with a time of 3:58:58, setting a new race record, while Amy Beisel too...
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Jeremy Jones presenting the movie.

Jeremy Jones Stars in Further, Captivating Snowboarders and Skiers Alike

The Meeting rolled on Friday evening with the showing of Jeremy Jones’ movie “Further,” by Teton Gravity Research.  “Further” is the second installment of the trilogy, “Deeper, Further, Higher.” The most prolific...
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Review for Voleurz “Kill Your Boredom”

photo: www.voleurz.com Voleurz is a clothing company whose video, “Kill Your Boredom” is a promotional video.  That being the case, they did not have to play by anyone else’s rules, a fact that became apparent when the p...
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West Elk Project goes to Aspen for the Meeting 8

In our never-ending quest to turn everyone into ski bums and mountain athletes, we went to a little place called Aspen to attend the Meeting 8.  We went armed with business cards, notepads, and our camera to battle through ski...
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Dream Factory

TGR’s “The Dream Factory” Wraps Up The Meeting 8

The Meeting 8 closed strong with Teton Gravity Research’s feature film, “The Dream Factory.”   The film is a tribute to Alaska, skiing’s mecca and TGR’s most frequented destination since it first began exploring Ame...
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Float Bag

Airbags are not for cars anymore!

Gear of the Week Review! Having a small pressurized air canister with large balloons on your back has been added to the new recipe for better luck, while traveling avalanche prone terrain. The BCA Float 36 is a new addition to ...
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Recap: The Meeting 10

This weekend, we walked over the Elks for the 10th year of a great gathering simply known as The Meeting.  For those who don’t know, The Meeting is a showing of all the biggest ski and snowboard movies of the year, displayed...
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Two Plank co-founder Ben Somrak introducing Corey Tibljas

Two Plank Productions “Because” Premieres to a Rowdy and Entertained Crowd

This Friday night, Two Plank Productions held the world premiere of their newest feature film, “Because,” in a buzzing and packed Grand Ballroom in Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado.  Anticipation was high as “Because” is Tw...
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